York Way (part of the A5200) is a major

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in the

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, running north for one mile from the junction of Pentonville Road and

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, adjacent to King's Cross railway station towards

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and Holloway. At its northern end the road becomes Brecknock Road. For its entire length York Way forms the boundary between the

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s of

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and Camden.

History

York Way was named ''Mayde Lane'' (1467) and ''Maiden Lane'' (1735) (commemorated in the ''

Maiden Lane Estate The Maiden Lane Estate is a housing estate in Camden, located beside York Way and several railway lines. It was designed by the architects An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice ...

'', ''Maiden Lane Bridge'' - over the

Regent's Canal Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, north-west of Paddington Basin in the west, to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in e ...

and the former ''

Maiden Lane railway station There have been two railway stations named Maiden Lane in the present London Borough of Camden, in north London, England. The stations, named after the nearby road (now York Way), were close to each other, but on different lines. Great North ...

''), it became York Road in the 19th century, and the current name was only adopted in 1938. It had been a significant route in the

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, between

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and

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. The modern road passes the new

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development, Bingfield Park, crosses the

, and runs alongside the King's Cross redevelopment area. Near the northern end of the road was the

Metropolitan Cattle Market The Metropolitan Cattle Market (later Caledonian Market), just off the Caledonian Road in the parish of Islington (now the London Borough of Islington) was built by the City of London Corporation and was opened in June 1855 by Prince Albert. ...

; now the

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and

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Transport

At the southern end, after the mainline King's Cross station was the smaller suburban York Road station, with services to Moorgate, which closed in 1976. After the canal the road is adjacent to the former Kings Cross goods station and, standing on the corner of Bingfield Street and, the red-tiled surface building of the disused York Road Underground station is located. The station was closed in 1932 and was served by the

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. Between here and the former

the road was rebuilt in the 2000s to enable the tunnel entrance for

High Speed 1 High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel. It is part of a line carrying international passenger traffic between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe ...

to be constructed.

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History

Transport

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